Below is the birth certificate of my great-grandfather Scott McQueen. I have often lamented that birth certificates were not required earlier. I could have learned so much about those elusive ancestors if they had been, provided the paperwork was still around.
Scott McQueen was the son of Jame Polk McQueen and his second wife Sarah Jane Lowe. His grandparents were Milton McQueen and Susan Simmons, and William Mallett Lowe and Francis Laird. The only grandparent he would ever have known would have been William Lowe, for he died in 1902 when Scott was seventeen years old. William Lowe also lived near the McQueens and Chester, Texas. The other three grandparents all died before Scott was born.
It does appear this birth certificate was created "after the fact" in 1951 when Scott was 65 years old.
And note - the county clerk's name was "Tom Sawyer."
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| James Polk McQueen and Scott McQueen |
